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A pillow fight that has been part of a West Point tradition turned bloody when cadets swung pillowcases stuffed with helmets and other hard objects at each other.
Thirty cadets were injured, including 24 who suffered concussions.

West Point -
In a controversial article in Salon, a U.S. Naval Academy professor argues that we should end our current use of the U.S. service academies (the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy).

Monrovia -
When Liberian security forces moved into Monrovia's largest slum on Wednesday to enforce an Ebola virus quarantine, the roadblocks set off angry protests when residents saw they couldn't leave. Matters turned grim when soldiers opened fire on the crowds.

According to a report from the "Combatting Terrorism Center" at West Point, 'Anti-Federalists' who oppose a New World Order as well as members of several other far right wing activist groups are potential terrorist threats.

West Point -
In his possible final address to the United States Military Academy, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave some blunt advice to his successor: never fight a land war in Africa or Asia, similar to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.